Display-rack.



No. 846,359. PATENTBD MAR. 5, 1907 P. P. SPARMAKER & J. L. HENRY.

DISPLAY RACK. APPLIOATIOH FILED 001 .25.1905.

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ATTOR/VEKS MAKER and JOHN L. HENRY, citizens of the rying circuit .making 4 'means for making the electrical contact with certain electrical wires carried by the mirrori To all whom-it may concern."

stood upon a suitable platform or upon the tudinally through one of the supporting-colthat with theexception of the electric wiring the supporting-columns of the display-rack vunrrnio STATES Pi-XTENT OFFICE,

FRANK P. SlPARMAKER AND JOHN L. nnxnnor Prnn-iDELenL-i, rEnssYLvAmA; SAID SPARMAKER ASSIGXOR TO SAID nnxny.

DISPLAY-RACK.

mimasse- Be it knownthat we, FRAXK P. SPAIh United States, both residing at Philadelphia,

in the State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Im rovement in Display- Racks, of which the ollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to an electricallylighted revolving display rack and sign, the object of the invention being to display articles of merchandise in an attractive manner and accompanied by certainadvertising devices which will attract attention to the goods displayed.

Thedisplay-rack can be inverted and floor of a storm-window, or it may be suspended from a ceiling, and in the accompanying drawings we have shown the rack as so suspended.

The invention consists of the novel'features of construction hereinafter set forth, pointed 'out in the claims, andshown in the accompanying drawings, in Which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of the rack in suspended position. Figs. 2 and 3 are de-' tail face views of opposite sides of a hub car- I and breaking rings. Fig. 4 is a detail vertical section taken longiumns and diametrically through the hub shown in Figs.- 2 and 3, a portion of a signirame being shown in elevation. Fig. 5 is a section on the line 5 5 of Fig. 4'. Fig. 6 is an elevation showing the rear side of a stationary .mirror, 8. portion of the hub, and the frame. Fig. 7 is a detail end view of a portion of the mirror-frame,,showing the electrical connection with the incandescent light.

In the drawings, 1 represents a suitable casting perforated, so that it can be secured platform, or ceiling, and which carries a semi- It Will be readily understood from Fig. 1

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed October 26, 1905. I Serial No. 284,451.

are duplicated at each end of the rack, and a Patented March 5, 1907.

detail description of the column whichfcan ries the electrical wiring will be thought sufficient to give aclear understanding of the construction of the device. I p In the casing 2 is threaded a tubular pipe section 3, which is also threaded into a suite able casing -l. and a similar pipe-section 5 has one end threaded into the casing 1 and the other end threaded into a suitable casing 6, the tubes'or pipes 3 and 5 being in vertical alinement with each other. Through these pipes and through the casing i extends a vertical shaft 7, one end of which is journaled in a suit able bearing formed in the casing 6, the other end projecting into the casing 2.

Referring to'the parts in the position 00-. cupied when the device is suspended from a ceiling, the upper end of the rod 7 carries a worm gear-wheel 8, which meshes with a wornrgcar 9, also arranged within the casing 2. This worm-gear 9 is driven inany suitable mannenas by a small eiectric motor,

which, if desired, can be also arranged within the casing 2, or which may be arranged adacentto the sa d casing, the armature-shaft assin into the casin and carrvin at its C. 0

end the worm 9. A shaft 10 has its end portions journaled in the casing 4 and within said casings carries worm gear-wheels 11, which mesh with suitable .wornngears 11?, carried by the shafts 7. Between thecasing 4 is arranged a frame 12, supported at the ends by suit-abie brackets 13, which are carried by the pipes 3 and 5. This frame is centrally 'cut out and may be composed of any ornamental material-such as stained glass, mother-of-pearl, &c.-and at the ends it is provided with suitable rearwardly-extending ICC lamps 1'7, and at the ends of the sign-casing disks '18- are mounted, by means of which pear hereinafter.

current is carried to the lamp 17, as will ap- A shaft 19 has its ends journaled in the casing 6, and adjacent each end it carries a Worm gear-wheel 20, which meshes with a suitable worm-gear 21, carried by the shaft 7. Upon the shaft 19 is loosely mounted a mirror 22, the frame of which carries a plurality of incandescent lamps 23. The shaft 19, adjacent one of the casings 6, carries a hub 24 of any suitable non-conducting material, and this hub carries upon 0pposite sides rings 25 and25 the rings 25 eing formed in sections of conducting and non-conducting material, and the rings 25 being formed of a continuous strip of con-- ducting material.

from the hub by rings of suitable insulating These rings are spaced material 25 and are connected by conductorrods 25. A stranded cable of conducting- Wires 26 passes into the casing 2 and through the pipes 3 and 5 to the casing 6. In the easing 6 the strands are separated, one of them passing through a suitable insulating-plug 28 through a suitable binding-post which carries a metallic strip-29, which is in rubbing contact with the continuous conductor-ring 25 The other strand is connected to a suitable ring 32, carried by the shaft 19. v In the casing 4 the Wiresforming the strand 26 are tapped by conducting-wires 27, which lead to the contact-ring 18, which ring is loosely mounted upon the shaft 10 and is in contact with the ends of the revolving sign-casing 15. The incandescent lamps 17, arranged within the casing and carried by the said end,

I are. provided with suitable contacts in Sliding engagement with the ring 18. A switch 30 of the usual construction is mounted upon the back of the mirror 22 and carries a suit- -able metallic strip 31, which is in contact loosely suitable display-racks 3.7.

It will be obvious from the construction herein described and from the drawings that the rotation of the shafts '7, 10, and 19 will rotate the sign-casing and the display-racl s 37, which latter are carried upon the hubs '24 and 24 The sign-casing 15 during each rotation will resent to view its four faces, while the xdisp ay-racks will pass alternately in front of and to the rear of the mirror 22, Which mirror is stationary, as is the frame 12.

It will be obvious that the sign-easing 15 will be illuminated from within by the incandescent lamps 17 and that the mirror and the display-racks will be illuminated by the incandescent lamps 23, carried by the mirror frame, which will alternately be lighted and extinguished by means of the circuit-breaking disk or ring 25,

Having thus fully described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A device of the kind described comprising a fixed frame, a stationary mirror in vertical alinement with the frame, the .said frame having a central cut-out portion, a s1gn-cas1ng rotatably mounted 1n almement with the cut-out portion, of the same, a plurality of display-racks, revolubly'mount- I ed adjacent the mirror and adapted to pass in advance of and in the rear of said mirror and between the mirror and the frame above mentioned, common means for rotating the display-racks and sign-casing, and means for illuminating the same.

2. A device of the kind described compris ing suppor-ting-colunms, a frame carried between said columns and centrally cut out, a sign-casing rotatably mounted in horizontal alinement with the cut-out portion of the frame, a mirror stationarily held between the said columns, a rotatable shaft supported by said columns, hubs upon'said. shaft, said hubs being arranged at opposite ends of the mirror, radial arms carried by the hubs, connecting-rods, display-racks loosely carried by said rods and adapted to revolve about the mirror and between the mirror and the frame, and means carried by one of said sup orting-columns for rotating the display-rac r and sign-casing.

3. A device of the kind described compris- I ing a supporting-column consisting of a casting carrying a casing, a pipe threaded at one end into said casing, a second casing thread-- ed upon the opposite end of the pipe, a second pipe in alinement with the first and threaded into the second casing, a casing threaded upon the opposite end of the second pipe, a shaft extending through the pipes and intermediate casing, means in the firstmentioned casing for rotating said shaft, a shaft at a right angle to the said first-1nen tioned shaft extending into' the intermediate ca sing, intermcshing gears carried in the said intermediate casing by the said shafts, a third shaftparallel to the second-n'rentioned shaft and having one end journaled in the last-mentioned casing, intermeshing gears carried within said casing by the first-mentioned and third-1-nentioned shafts, respectively, a' sign-casing carried by the second shaft, a mirror loosely mounted upon the third-mentioned shaft, radial arms supported from and 'rotating with the 'said 'third-mensaid lamps, and means lei alternately break- 1'0 tioned shaft, connecting-rods carried by the ing and making the eirc uit .of thelamps upon said arms, display-racks loosely mounted the mirror-frame.

upon said conneeting-rods and revolving 7 about the mirror and between the mirror and sign-casing,- incandesoent lamps within the sign-casing, incandescent lamps upon the Witnesses; mirror-frame, electrical conductors arranged WM. A. SHRYOCK,

within thepipes and leading to and from the MILToN WOLF. 

